On Monday, the Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life hosted the first event in what will be a multi-year series exploring the theme of religion and climate change. 

Science Editor Sarah Braner and Deputy Editor Rania Borgani reached out to Barnard to learn more about the specifics of the Barnard Year of Science such as funding allocations, the role the humanities may play, and the lasting impact of the BYOS.

What, like it’s hard?

In the midst of New York Climate Week, a group of faculty and students from Columbia, Yale, and Tsinghua universities met online to consider “The Role of Universities in Solving Our Climate Crisis.” New Bwogger Mason Cannon reports.

On Thursday, Events Editor Julia Tolda joined Columbia Science Review’s webinar, “Decisions, Decisions: How Superstitions Drive Choice,” to learn more about the science behind superstitions and descriptive decision-making. 

Jacqueline Patterson and Jalisa Gilmore talked about COVID-19 and climate justice in an event hosted by the Columbia Science Review.

Staff Writer Phoebe Lu drooled over gorgeous food in an event featuring Dr. Hervé This.

On Wednesday, Staff Writer Phoebe Lu attended a discussion between Professor Lisa Dale and The Tricentennial Project, where she learned about the challenges of managing wildfires in the American West.

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In the search for a miracle cure deriving from plants, News Editor Lauren Kahme and Monday Daily Editor Lillian Rountree attend a discussion with botanical specialists and give their thoughts below.

Saturday Daily Editor Lauren Kahme attended a presentation called “Inventing the Future: Zero Carbon Fuels and Climate Restoration” on Friday morning and learned about innovations in carbon reduction.

Staff Writer and pre-med first-year Chloe Gong attended a pre-health summer opportunities panel organized by the Office of Preprofessional Advising.

Senior Staffer Levi Cohen journeyed yesterday into the simultaneously futuristic and retro space of the Hall of the Universe in the AMNH’s Hayden Planetarium to experience In the Spirit of Collaboration: Voices from Ecology, the Arts, and Faith-Led Approaches to Nature Conservation.

On Monday evening, Víctor Mora Gaspar from the Autonomous University of Madrid spoke (in Spanish) at Barnard College about the suppression of homosexuality and all queer identities during Spain’s dictatorship in the mid-1900s. New Bwogger Isabel Ocampo attended the event titled, “Ciencia, Política y Sexo,” or “Science, Politics, and Sex,” for those non-multilinguals out there. […]

This Tuesday, staff writer (and honey bee fanatic) Jake Tibbetts had a bee-rrific time traveling to the other side of Broadway to listen to Dr. Jonathan Snow, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Barnard College, deliver a lecture about his research on the ways that honey bees respond to stress on the cellular level […]